The FIBA Africa Championship 1997 was hosted by Senegal from July 25 to August 3, 1997. The games were played in Dakar. The top two countries in this FIBA Africa Championship earned the two berths allocated to Africa for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Greece. Senegal won the tournament, the country's 5th African championship and first since 1980, by beating Nigeria 69-48 in the final. Both teams qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Teams The following national teams competed:
Group AGroup B Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria Senegal South Africa Angola Egypt Mali Cape Verde
Preliminary rounds
Group A TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Nigeria8440320193+127 Senegal7431285226+59 Central African Republic6422269258+11 Côte d'Ivoire5413272314-42 South Africa4404172327-155
Day 1 Senegal 82–41 South AfricaCôte d'Ivoire 58–87 Central African Republic
Day 2 Central African Republic 57–70 SenegalCôte d'Ivoire59–93 Nigeria
Day 3 Central African Republic 57–77 NigeriaCôte d'Ivoire 77–39 South Africa
Day 4 Central African Republic 68–53 South AfricaNigeria 50–38 Senegal
Day 5 Senegal 95–78 Côte d'IvoireNigeria 100–39 South Africa
Group B TeamPtsPldWLPFPADiff Angola6330198135+63 Egypt5321184195-11 Mali43121921920 Cape Verde3303134186-52
Day 1 Egypt 83–82 MaliAngola 67–43 Cape Verde
Day 2 Mali 61–40 Cape VerdeAngola62–43 Egypt
Day 3 Cape Verde 51–58 EgyptAngola 69–49 Mali
Knockout stage
Classification Stage Central African Republic 66–64 MaliCôte d'Ivoire 48–68 Cape Verde
Final standings Rank Team Record 1 Senegal 5-1 2 Nigeria 5-1 3 Angola 4-1 4 Egypt 2-3 5 Central African Republic 3-2 6 Mali 1-3 7 Cape Verde 1-3 8 Côte d'Ivoire 1-4 9 South Africa 0-4
Senegal and Nigeria qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship in Athens.
Awards
Most Valuable Player Oumar Mar
See also 1996 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
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